Andres Bonifacio

Andres Bonifacio

(1863-1897)

The Great Plebeian

Founder of the Katipunan

Commonly seen with Apolinario Mabini on the 10 Peso coin

*Images from the web*

New character in The Vampire Diaries

I was checking on some news about The Vampire Diaries since it's Thursday.  I came upon an article by wetpaint.com (The Vampire Diaries Brings Paul Newman's Grandson to Mystic Falls) about actor Daniel Newman who will be joining the cast in next year's episode, "Our Town".

Based on his IMDB profile, I found out that he is an actor, a model, and a singer.  His band is called The Vanderbilts.


His previous work includes Heroes as Jimmy Keppler, the suspect who was interrogated by Matt Parkman with the help of Sylar.  I mentioned this since I will be rewatching Heroes Season 4 just to get a feel of his acting. ;)


Anyway, back to the topic.  Below the article I was reading was a link to another article about The Vampire Diaries and it read:

Vampire Diaries Spoilers! Will We Meet Another Original Sibling Soon?

I couldn't help but relate the two articles to each other.  What if Daniel Newman will play another Original Sibling? What if? ;)

Klaus and Elena in The Vampire Diaries

Tonight (USA date: November 10, 2011) will be the mid-season finale for The Vampire Diaries.  Meanwhile, it will be shown here, in the Philippines, next week (next Tuesday to be exact).

I am anticipating the unavoidable showdown between Klaus and Mikael aka "Papa Original".

But I have a feeling that Klaus will be the Homecoming King in tonight's episode.  He gets to dance with Elena just to spite Damon, Stefan, and Elena.  That's what I think will happen before the inevitable showdown and/or family feud (Klaus vs. Rebekah, Klaus vs. Mikael, Klaus vs. Rebekah and Mikael).

I think this would be the cause of Elena's dreadful expression in this scene.

hahaha...

Anyway, I'm looking forward to watching The Vampire Diaries 3x09 "Homecoming".

My Binondo Girl

After 2 weeks of watching this show on ABS-CBN... It's now Andy and Jade's time in My Binondo Girl.  I saw this on youtube:

I'm going to watch MBG tonight.  Jade Dimaguiba and Andy Wu are my OTP.

Book Review: hush, hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

hush, hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

"Suspenseful and quite a page-turner.  I couldn't read put down the book.  I wanted to know more about Patch."

Grrr...I had to stop reading [to get some sleep] since my eyes were so tired from reading nonstop.

At first, I thought it would be light reading which would help me doze off but by the end of chapter 1, I was hooked.  Patch is...Patch is so attractive, while Nora is vulnerable and relatable.

This story sometimes jumps around in their relationship, but I guess it's kind of hard to describe the progression of their understanding of each other.

I got the impression that their attraction to each other is a 'sexual' feeling.  I would have liked to know that their attraction was not just from hormones,[etc] but it was somehow foreshadowed in the book.  The first chapter introduces us to the main characters (Nora Grey, Patch, and Vee Sky) in a Biology class, specifically Human Reproduction. 

Throughout the story, there is a sense of foreboding.  There were a couple of times when I got caught up in the story.  If someone heard me while I was reading the book, they might have thought that I was losing my mind since I kept on saying "Watch out, Nora!" and "Patch is THERE!"

My most favorite element in the story is Patch.  I was intrigued by him.  Just as Nora was interested in Patch, I also wanted to know more about him.

All in all, I enjoyed reading Hush Hush.  Although, I have to admit that I will be reading it again just to see if I missed something due to my exuberance with the story.

I'm excited to read the second book, Crescendo.

This is how I spent my Halloween

Countdown to Halloween Reading List...Fanfic #2

I would have liked for Katara to end up with Zuko.  Katara is a waterbender while Zuko is a firebender.  (Water + Fire)

She is mad at the Fire Nation, and consequently Zuko, since they attacked her home and killed her mother.

Based on some episodes of The Last Airbender, I was hoping that Zuko and Katara would eventually have a reconciliation and might even develop a relationship.

Zuko and Katara's story

Katara has lost her mother's necklace and Zuko uses it to track them down.  The tracker even goes on to ask if the necklace is his girlfriend's.

In the Battle in Ba Sing Se, Zuko opens up to Katara about losing his mother which moves Katara to offer to heal his scar.

Unfortunately, Zuko makes the wrong choice and sides with Azula.  Leaving Aang to channel the Avatar state to defeat the two firebenders (Azula and Zuko).

Later on when Zuko has a change of heart and decides to join Aang and the gang, Katara is the last one to accept that he has changed.  Katara feels betrayed by Zuko.  She even goes so far as to state that the only way she would be able to forgive Zuko is if he could bring her mother back.

Zuko later reveals that he might have some information on who killed Katara's mother and he accompanies Katara on her revenge mission.  Although Katara bloodbends the one who killed her mother, in the end she does not kill him.  On the way back to Aang and the others, Zuko praises Katara for her courage in not taking a life.  They eventually reconcile and Katara hugs Zuko.

Sadly, the last season/book disproved my hope.  Zuko ended up with Mai while Katara ended up with Aang.

In line with my wish that Katara ended up with Zuko, I've read Changes by daydreamer11691  .  It's a short fanfic about the evolution of the relationship between Katara and Zuko after Zuko joins Aang and the gang.

Photos from the web.

Countdown to Halloween...A Fanfic a Day keeps Jack O'Lantern Away

I've read Magic Of the Heart by lattlelady6  to start my Countdown to Halloween.


This fanfic is about the 1986 movie -> Labyrinth which starred David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly.  I started with this fic because I'm interested in JarethXSarah stories.


Magic Of the Heart is about the consequences of Sarah's choice at the end of the Labyrinth movie. It offers a view to fey love and the ties that bind them to each other.

Thoughts on Chris Hemsworth

Chris Hemsworth played the title character in this year’s adaptation of the comic book Thor.  His character was described as the God of Thunder and Chris Hemsworth played it well, if I might say so.

Chris Hemsworth managed to portray confidence, sorrow, acceptance, and humility in the character of Thor.  It was like watching a continuum of emotions being played out during the course of the movie.  He made Thor relatable and human.


When I first saw the trailer for Thor, I realized that the actor playing Thor was the same actor who played George Kirk, James T. Kirk’s father, in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek (2009).  Albeit he had a small part in the film, his face seemed very familiar to me and I decided to find out what movie or show I had seen him in before.


I googled Chris Hemsworth to find out more about his filmography.  My gut feeling was confirmed when I remembered what show he was in.  It was in an Australian show called Home and Away which I used to watch a couple of years back.  He played the character of Kyle Hyde, the new principal’s son.

I asked myself why I didn’t continue watching it when I realized that this was the time that I started college and the time constraints made it difficult for me to continue watching the show.  :(


Nonetheless,  I’m happy to know that I can continue watching Chris Hemsworth on the big screen since he will be continuing his role as “Thor” in “The Avengers” (2012) and he has a movie with Kristen Stewart called “Snow White and the Hunstman” (2012) where he plays “The Huntsman”.  I think Snow White and the Huntsman will be a dark adaptation of the children’s story; I will have to check it out too.


I leave you with a quote from Chris Hemsworth about approaching the role of Thor:


“You sort of fill your head with information and research you have.  But on set, it was about making it truthful and finding a way that I could relate to it, like the scenes between fathers and sons and brothers.  You personalize that, and that helps ground the story.  And then I can relate to it and hopefully, an audience can too.”


*quote is from Hammer Time by Robin Lynch/Celebritext in Smile Magazine*
*pictures are from www.chris-hemsworth.net

Thoughts on Tom Hiddleston

I first saw Tom Hiddleston act in Thor (2011) as Loki, Thor’s brother.

I was drawn to his actions, the way his face displayed the emotions that his character went through in the course of the film, the gestures he did (like when his character, Loki, was in the palace with the Warriors Three and Sif and they were talking about Thor’s banishment while Loki was looking at and carefully touching his hand [the hand which the Frost Giant touched] ...and he was looking at it strangely).

I also like the way his voice changed throughout the movie, from silkily suggesting to Thor to go against Odin’s command, to pleading to Odin regarding his actions (“I could have done it! For you, for all of us..!”)



Anyway, I researched on Tom Hiddleston to know more about this actor and I came across lots of articles about him.  It turns out that Mr. Hiddleston and Mr. Kenneth Branagh (the director of the film, Thor) previously worked together in a show called Wallander.  Tom Hiddleston played Kenneth Branagh’s sidekick, Magnus.  I checked out the synopsis for the show since I am not able to watch it where I am.  I don’t have access to PBS.



I guess this picture sums up my feeling of not being able to watch it. O_o

React/Comment in the light of Classroom Assessment and Evaluation: “The most important “things” in life cannot be measured”

Classroom assessment and evaluation seeks to gauge the student’s performance through validated tests and other ways but does this really measure a student’s performance? Or more importantly, what the student has learned? Can knowledge be measured? Can intelligence be measured? What about multiple intelligence? Can that be measured?

Teachers create tests based on objectives they have stated in their lesson plan with the aim of inducing learning in students.  They develop written exams [like multiple choice exams] by item analysis and norming to get a standard to which the student will be compared to.  The test validity is checked and distractors are analyzed.

As good as the process seems, I believe this can only measure a student’s knowledge up to a certain point.  It does not measure the entirety of the student’s knowledge.  These tests assess only what is in the present, they don’t measure how a student will apply what he has learned later on in life.  Sometimes these tests are only geared to logical-mathematical, and language-oriented students.  What about the musical oriented students or the artistic-oriented students?  How can their learning be measured and evaluated if the test does not appeal to their intelligence?  Will a written test be appropriate to measure what they have learned?  They might have learned in another way which is different with how the test wants to gauge it.  That is why I believe that a student’s knowledge cannot be measured.  A student’s knowledge is like a river [flowing through life].  Classroom assessment and evaluation is like a port in the river, it can see the effects of the river up to the area which encompasses the port.  In other words, classroom assessment and evaluation only measure a certain point in a student’s knowledge development.  It does not measure the knowledge which a student can acquire in his whole life.

I believe that knowledge cannot be measured but classroom assessment and evaluation seeks to at least measure it in the form of tests.  These tests might not measure the entire scope of knowledge that a student has amassed and some tests are not geared correctly towards the student’s intelligences but a properly created test can provide a certain measure which is enough to satisfy scholastic standards.

“ Should formative assessment be recorded and computed as grade?”

I think that formative assessment should be recorded and computed as grade since it is still a record of a student's performance albeit in the middle of the lesson.  Formative assessments gage a student's understanding of the lesson while the lesson is going on.  It provides the teacher with a point of comparison to know if the student is learning the lesson accordingly.  Say for example that there is a student whose name is Carl.  His teacher, Sigmund, wants to know if his student is learning about Psychoanalysis (their topic) up to schedule or is learning it accordingly.  The topic is being covered for two weeks, after which there would be a mastery exam about Psychoanalysis (which would be the summative assessment).  He administers a 10 item multiple choice exam about the topics covered at the end of every meeting to gage if the student understands the lesson (formative assessment).  Teacher Sigmund finds out that Carl had a couple of items mistaken after the discussion on the three parts of the personality.  He also finds out that Carl correctly answered all the items after the discussion on defense mechanisms.  Armed with this knowledge, he can adjust his lesson to fit Carl's needs.  He can also check to see if there was any change in Carl's learning after he administers the summative assessment.  For Carl's part, the results from the tests every meeting can give him feedback on what he needs to follow-up on or reread and what topics he already has learned.  More importantly, it can give him assurance that he already has some good test results which can be added to his overall grade on the lesson.  Formative assessments should be recorded because they can provide additional components to the final grade a student can get in a subject.  They can be included in the final grade computation so that a student will know that his final grade is not depended upon the results of his final exam which would put less anxiety on the student.  It would also let the teacher calculate the final grade objectively and with confidence, since he has taken into account the assessments of learning which were administered after every meeting.

new post soon

Hi...


I will be posting about nonwork related stuff soon..

:)